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Hasina banned from coming home
Khaleda Zia's alleged confinement challenged in High Court
Holiday Desk
With fresh developments unfolding in respect of the immediate past Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh politics now seems to have entered a new phase... [ FULL STORY ]
UN independent expert on extrajudicial killings
US, Russia, Bangladesh urged to stop 'murdering suspects'
Moinuddin Naser in New York
A United Nations indepen-dent human rights expert on extrajudicial killings has recently called for action in response to reported incidents in Bangladesh. The expert also urged the United States, Iran, the Russian Federation, Nigeria and Indonesia to take actions to combat the reported incidents in these countries... [ FULL STORY ]
Nation's fate beholden by 'unholy alliance'
Bangladesh faced with WB-India nexus
M. Shahidul Islam in Toronto
No amount of scandal and corruption seems enough to tame the bunch of shameless people running the affairs of the world these days. The US policies have proved too detrimental to nations that had nothing to do with the fake war on terror, but the tentacles of Washington and London remains too pervasive and they have succeeded in finding the right horses to run the moth eaten political carts of most South Asian nations too... [ FULL STORY ]
IAEA to help Bangladesh
protect prized goats
Moinuddin Naser in New York
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog body seeks to curb nuclear proliferation and stop weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists. That is what IAEA is generally known to be doing... [ FULL STORY ]
Al-Sadr's boycott of cabinet appears ominous
Iraq torn by sectarian violence
Fazle Rashid in New York
Iraq has been totally torn asunder by sectarian violence. There is no sign yet of normalcy returning to one of the oldest civilization in the world. More than 200 people perished on Wednesday in two separate car explosions, BBC reported... [ FULL STORY ]
GCC countries favour dialogue
Gulf countries dampen US
plan to attack Iran
Meena Janardhan in Dubai
With members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) urging dialogue rather than war with Iran over its nuclear programme and reluctant to allow their territories to be used in any attack, Washington's pressure tactics against Tehran appear to be faltering. This reluctance is seen as one factor in the Islamic Republic's defiant announcement, last week, of an expansion of its uranium enrichment programme to 'industrial' levels which, the West fears, is a step away from producing a nuclear bomb. Tehran has consistently denied a weapons component to its nuclear programme... [ FULL STORY ]
Assault on Indian woman reporter condemned
Media persons under threat
from cops in Assam
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
Media persons in Asom (Assam) often make news with their plight and harassment. The media in real sense has to face excesses from both state and opposition actors. Two recent incidents of physical and mental assaults to a section of Guwahati-based scribes by the police and security staffs while they were on duty, reminds the fact that the media persons in the trouble torn region are living with constant threats primarily from the state agencies... [ FULL STORY ]
Country faces 'lower growth, higher inflation' syndrome
Asjadul Kibria
After completion of the three quarters of the current fiscal year (FY06-07), major socio-economic-business parameters clearly indicate that the overall economic growth of the country is slowing down. Besides, slower growth would be accompanied by the higher inflation rate during the year. Logically, the impact of 'low growth-high inflation' would make the limited income and poor people more venerable in the long run... [ FULL STORY ]
Cambridge University honours Maissa Karim posthumously
Cambridge University's prestigious Judge School of Business announced the establishment of Director's Maissa Karim Scholarship to honour Maissa Karim. A valued member of the MBA class of 2005-2006 and a Director Scholarship holder, Maissa was studying at the Judge School of Business when she had a relapse of a major illness and passed away peacefully in her sleep on the 5th of July 2006 at the age of 31... [ FULL STORY ]
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